Ongoing Strike Leads to Release Date Changes for Sony; Bringing Movie Magic to Cinema Deserts with Eileen Baptistin Level

In this week’s episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Rebecca Pahle and Chad Kennerk discuss schedule changes from Sony, the ongoing success of Barbie and Oppenheimer, and the films trying to knock Barbie out of the #1 spot this weekend. In our feature segment, Rebecca speaks to Eileen Baptistin Level, whose ‘PaleFo’ initiative brings the magic of the movies to low-income areas without brick and mortar theaters.

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Episode Resources:

• Weekend Box Office: BARBIE and OPPENHEIMER Earn #7 and #81 Sophomore Frames of All Time
• Long Range Box Office Forecast: Can NINJA TURTLES, MEG 2, GRAN TURISMO, BLUE BEETLE, and STRAYS Carry August?
• AMC Theatres Posts Best Admissions-Revenue Week in the Company’s 103 Year History

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:03 A new list of release date changes
• 04:35 AMC posted its best admissions revenue week
• 06:17 The of the weekend box office numbers
• 09:02 Two big movies coming out next weekend
• 11:17 What is the PaleFo cinema?
• 15:11 How it all started
• 18:50 The first screening
• 28:45 What about expansion?
• 36:44 How can people help?